‘Triumph’ for Australia after record number of politician leaders with Italian heritage

History lecturer and author Stephen Chavura says it is a “triumph” for three state, territory and national leaders to have Italian heritage. “The Italians after the British were the highest percentage of immigrants to come to Australia after World War II,” Mr Chavura told Sky News host Andrew Bolt. “I think it’s a function of just the numbers of Italians and the ease with which they … assimilated into Australian society.”